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2006: Zeke Reich – Across walls of fear

Zeke Reich is a psychotherapist at a community mental health clinic in Washington DC who has been to the IofC conference centre in Caux several times over the years. He remembers an encounter which ha...
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2006: Zeke Reich – Across walls of fear
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Remaking the World: Experiences from Eswatini and Colombia

The eighth edition of the CPLP Talks recognizes the courage shown by CPLP alumni in responding to the challenges that the world is facing. Below alumni from Eswatini and Colombia describe intiatives t...
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Remaking the World: Experiences from Eswatini and Colombia
CPLP Talks 8 Tema

2005: Omar Salad Elmi – Clearing the cloud of mistrust

‘There are two people in the Somali delegation whose names include Omar,’ said the man from the allocation team at the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux. ‘As we didn’t have any informati...
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2005: Omar Salad Elmi – Clearing the cloud of mistrust
Somalia - First meeting of Benadir and Hawiye – anti-clockwise from right: Sayid Ma’alow, Hassan Mohamud Geeseye, Omar Salad Elmi, Mohamed Abukar Haji Omar, n/a, Khalid Maou Abdulkadir, Dr Ahmed Sharif Abbas

2004: The Housekeeping Team – ‘My dream of serving the world came true’

Before you arrive in your room in Caux, someone from the housekeeping team will have been there before you, to check that it is clean, that the bed is made up and the light bulbs work. If you can’t wo...
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2004: The Housekeeping Team – ‘My dream of serving the world came true’
Housekeeping Monica and Maya

2003 : Burundi – Ten years of political dialogue

Between 2003 and 2013, Caux was the scene of seven political dialogues between deeply divided Burundian leaders. They brought together representatives of political parties and armed rebel movements, f...
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2003 : Burundi – Ten years of political dialogue
Round Table Burundi 22 April 2007

2002: Erika Utzinger - 200 metres of history

The archives of the Caux Conference and Seminar Centre, now held by the Canton of Vaud, are an endless source of precious information. Swiss archivist Eliane Stallybrass describes the work to preserve...
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2002: Erika Utzinger - 200 metres of history
Erica Utzinger and her husband Beni working in the archives

2001: Cornelio Sommaruga - ‘Grüss Gott’

'I first met Cornelio Sommaruga at a private dinner party. He was then head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and was just back from Cuba, where he’d met with Fidel Castro, in the...
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2001: Cornelio Sommaruga - ‘Grüss Gott’
Sommaruga with Amina Dikedi (left) and Msgr Fortunatus Nwachukwu at Caux, 2006 credit: Isabelle Mermindo

2000: Angela Starovoytova and Kostiantyn Ploskyi – Taking off the masks

Around the turn of the Millennium, many young Ukrainians came to Caux. Some of them took leadership in Foundations for Freedom (F4F), a programme for young people which offered courses in the values w...
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2000: Angela Starovoytova and Kostiantyn Ploskyi – Taking off the masks
Club for Young Leaders, Angela 2014, Caux (photo Diana Topan)

1999: Gente Que Avanza – Latin America hits town

It was a Red-Letter Day in July 1999 when more than 40 young Latin Americans burst through the front door of Mountain House, Caux, and hugged everyone in sight. Gente Que Avanza had arrived – and Caux...
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1999: Gente Que Avanza – Latin America hits town
Ismar and Fabiana Villavicencio credit T Hazell

1998: Ningali Cullen – Journey of Healing

When Ningali Cullen came to Caux in 1998, she brought news of a growing people’s movement in Australia to acknowledge the truth about their history.
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1998: Ningali Cullen – Journey of Healing
Ningali Cullen speaken at the dedication of a national memorial to the Stolen Generations 2004

1997: The Māori Queen – ‘Our people are moving forward’

She was a queen with the vision of a better future for her people. Discover the story of Māori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and her visit to Caux.
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1997: The Māori Queen – ‘Our people are moving forward’
Maori queen

Yousef Khanfar: The Art of Seeing

How do we see the reality around us? And how can photos help show the humanity in people, even those at the edge of society? Read the report on Yousef Khanfar's inspiring workshop on photography.
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Yousef Khanfar: The Art of Seeing
Yousef Khanfar

1996: Cardinal Franz König - 'On each visit I learn something new'

One of the enduring images of the 50th anniversary of the Initiatives of Change conference centre in 1996 is that of the Dalai Lama greeting the 90-year-old Cardinal Franz König.
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1996: Cardinal Franz König - 'On each visit I learn something new'
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